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AsSTORfA, OREGON:
SUNDAY.
FE1IKUAKY 21. 1S?C
The bauks will be closed to-morrow.
Fre3h asparagus; likewise toma
toes. Every one enjoyed the beautiful
weather of last week.
Astoria is hannilv freo from Hia
rfllty burglars that infest tha Willam
ette valley towns.
The 15ith anniversary of Geo.
Washington's birthday, which came
around on the 11th hist, will be cele
brated to-morrow.
There will be divine service ou
board the ship Selene lving at O. R.
& N. Co.'s dock at 4 p. "r. Rev. J. 31c
Cormac officiating.
The Seattle city council has to get
permission from Gen. Gibbon and a
militar3 order before they can meet
What are yon laughing at?
Tne wreck of the Great Republic
is fast disappearing in the sand, only
the upper part of the walking beam
now being visible at low water.
It was rumored in Seattle last
Wednesday, so the Tacoma News re
ports, that martial law was to be con
tinued in that city sixty-seven days
more.
When the big cut in railroad fares is
participated in by the Northern Pa
cific a good many in this section will
find time to make a homeward visit
this spring.
No. One's had a drill yesterday
evening to test the engine which has
recently had new valves fitted into
the pump. She worked satisfactory
in every way.
Portland Democrats held a meeting
last night to see about raising funds
to start "a first class Democratic
newspaper." The Oregon ian express
es a williugne33 to share its telegraph
report with them.
A committee from the Kuighls of
Labor was around yesterday after
noon interviewing various cannery
men regarding proposed cassation of
employment of Chinese ia the can
neries at the close of this season. A
general desire for a peaceful solution
of this much vexed question is man
ifested, and a spirit evinced on both
sides to adjust the matter in a man
ner that will bo mutually satisfactory,
and for the be3t interests of the en
tiro community.
PKIISONVL.
Air. C. B. Allen was up from the
cape yesterday.
Postmaster Bell and family arrive
to-morrow from Salem.
To Fish off the Bar.
The new fishing boat, the Venture,
was successfully launched at Ilwaco
last Friday. She is a small boat
about fifty-five feet long, and sixteen
feet beam, and is only built as an ex
periment. She will be used as a deep
sea fishing craft off the mouth of the
river, will be sloop rigged, and if the
venture is successful probably a
larger boat with steam power will be
built. She is owned by Messrs. Allen,
McKenzie, McLean and Harris. She
will be brought up here about the
1st, to be rigged.
Somolbins He Dep,,Ps-
If there is anything in God Al
mighty's world that I despise, it is a
man with a little old cotton string
for a backbone, with a couple of ribs
sewed to it Judas Iscariot betrayed
his master for thirty pieces of silver,
but there aro men to-day who will do
it for nothing and board themselves.
Rec.fSam Jones.
Holler Skates for
the Crystal Palace.
03 cents a pair at
One dollar's worth of hovel Ps hihra
ry for 73 cents at the Ci tal Palace.
An upright Piano for hair
at the Crystal Palace.
value
Stationery, Blank Books. Inks of all
kinds for olficc use, at actual cot at the
Crystal Palace.
Juul Received.
Some fine babv carriages and bird
cases at the New Tork Novelty Store,
at lowest figures.
"To the 3Iusi- LoTinj; IVoplo of
Astoria.
Prof. Bottinger's Singing Class will
meet next Mondav evening at Knights
of Pythias hall. As this will be the first
meeting In the new term new members
will be admitted, and all persons wish
ing to become such can do so by meet
ing Prof. B. at 7:30 Monthly evening at
the above named place. Terms en v.
For Rent.
Six rooms to rent over store cast of
O. H. Cooper's. Inquire of 31 r. T. .1.
Hun", on premises.
To members of Kcseun Engine
Co. IVo. -S.
The regular meeting of Rescue Engine
Co., No. u. will be held in their hall on
Monday, March 1st, 183d. A full attend
ance is desired as business of import
ance will be transacted. Bj order
Geo. Xor.Axn,
,, , ., President.
L. 7s. r ergusox, Secretary.
"Wanted,
A situation as nurse by a middle ag-d
woman. Enquire at
G. V. Morton's,
Upper Astoria.
Girl Wanted."
To do housework in a mall familv.
Inquire at this office.
Crow,
The Leading Photographer, guarantees
as good work as can be had in the state.
Pictures taken in any kind of weather
with the Instantaneous Process
Girl Wanted.
To go a short distance in the countrv
to flo general housework. Inquire at. .J.
V. Bottom's cigar store at once.
Baby Carriages at cost at the Crystal
Palace.
THE EAILEOAD T7AE.
A Big Out in Freight and Passenger
Rite3 Botweoa Portland, As
toria and the East.
An
American Ship Ashore in 1!ip Straits
if (Iporsia.
Xews I ton I'mm All Paris of the World.
SPBCIAX. TO THE AST0EIAX.
St. Pau, Feb. 20. The traffic de
partment of the Northern Pacific rail
road company J.i3 received instruc
tions from New York regarding their
transcontinental road. The Northern
Pacific roadwjll make a rate to Port
land to correspond with the present
Sau Francisco rate, though as yet
nothing lias been said regarding the
ocean line between Portland and San
Francisco.
It is believed that the Northern Pa
cific will work for the business that
way. A cut of thirty-five per cent,
has been made in the freight rates
from the east to Portland.
A BIG TUMBLE.
SaxFi:vn-cisco, Feb. 20. The cut
in passenger rate3 makes present
rates from New York, first-class lim
ited $fi5 to this city.
IK WEE DISTRESS.
Pokt Tow.vsekd, Feb. 20. The
American ship Joint llosenfeld. Ba
ker master, 2,203 tons, left Nanaimo
for San Francisco on the 19th with
3,905 tons coal aboard, the largest
cargo of the kind ever loaded at that
port. At 4:45, that afternoon, she
was towed on East Point in the
Straits of Georgiaby the txizTacoma,
near Tumbo Island. The vessel is in i
n W.F".. r1Q,.;ir. rmclH ,! ...HI
IHiJ f'UlllVUtS IJUOlllUU CkUll lit
probably prove a total wreck.
Tho 2'aooma, came to this place for '
assistance and Capt K. W. Dj Lion j
secured the services of the tug Make-1
hj Avilh a large steam pump and the !
tugs Tgee, Alexandtr, If of yoke, and j
b'olialt which proceeded at ouoe to
tne scene or disaster and to make an
attempt to get the vessel off.
i"he j
Tacoma has returned and will stay bv
tho vc3sel. The crew are engaged in
throwing the cargo of coal overboard.
If the vessel is gotten off she will bo
badly strained. She is valued, at
8125,000, of which Captain Baker
owns 317.000 and the mate S15.000.
neither of their interests being in-
sured. -John ltosenfe!d of Saa Fran-1
cisco, the Sewells oE Bath, Me., and
others own the remainder. j
swept to bevtil. "
tt.,.,t ... -a i on mi !
HAimisBura, Penxi., eb. 20.-This
morning while ionr men and a boy
were attempting to cros3 the Susnue-
hanna river in a boat, it capsized and i
the four men were drowned. The
boy succeeded in clinging to the boat )
w 7. r. T
low. The names of the unfortunate
men were John and Frank Mast, aged
18 and 20 respectively, Lewis De
Crish, and Chas. Mathie3. The lad
who was saved was a sou of Mathies.
,, ,.
tiie joiiv disagreed.
iNo lone. eb. 2f). The lurvm
the Bev. B. L. White case, after being !
out all night, came into court at nine J
o clock this morning and announced
that they could not agree. They wero
discharged. The jury stood six for ac
quittal and six for conviction. The
trial had lasted eight days. White was
charged with an assault upon Miss
Robinson, and with being the father '
of her child.
The weeklv bank statement shows
n rpnrro 1orr:i;p nf SO 7fi7 nflft Tl,n I
i.oi.n i,i.i cqo .407 nan :.. , i
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of legal requirements.
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titt xrrTajimvrrT. T.ron TTtrrTmiv"n
Dublin, Feb. 20. The Earl of Aber- i
deen, the new lord lieutenant of Tre-;
Irmd. mailen state eutrv in this nitv
lo-dav. There was not so much ot a
display of flags as i3 usual on such
occasions and his lordship was but
little cheered by the crowds assembled
along the route by which he proceed
eu to the castle,
cold.
The weather was
i
TIIK EISTEHX QUESTION".
Loxdok, Feb. 20. Thepqwers have j
called upon bervia and Turkey to
submit at the same time their pro
posals lor tne restoration ot peace
between Servia and Bulgaria. It is
expected that the proposals of Servia
will be presented on Monday.
Preaching in the Norwegian Ian-
guagein the Williamson's building,
Upper Astoria opposite the Union Pa-
cine cannery to-day, at lvuii) a. m., J
and 4 p. m., by i;ev. U. JS. Hauge
from Portland. The Scandinavian
people are cordially invited to attend
these services, as we expect a blessed
season. Alfred Jonxsox,
Preacher in charge.
HiH'kSen Arnica Salve
The Best S.vi.vi: I n tho world for
Cuts, Bruises, Soies,Ulc're,SaItllheuin,
Fever Soros. Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corn, ami all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 'J3 cento, per bov. Tor -a le hy W
E. Dement & Co.
Parties wishing spars or piling of any
size or length can be supplied by leav
ing orders with .1. II. D. Gray.
Coal. liny an1 Straw,
Tacoma Coal $G per ton, delivered.
Choice Hay from 9 to $12 per ton.
Cow Hav and Straw S7to $10 per ton
For '.ale by J. II. I). Gray.
Foi DvsnensiaandLiver Complaint,
you have a printed guarantee on every
bottle of Sniloh'3 Vitalizer. It never
fails to cure. Sold bv W. K. Dement.
Sini.on's Cure will immediately
relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and
Bronchitis. Sold by V . E. Dement & Co
To the United States Restaurant
Hip best oystors. Private rooms.
for
For Kent.
The fine hall, 80x25, lately occupied as
a gymnasium, next to Telephone Saloon.
Apply to Jeff.
Shiloh's Catarrh ltemedy a posi
tive cure for Catarrh, Diptfierla and
Canker Mouth. Sold by w. E. Dement,
LOWER NEHALEJf NOTES.
The forest giant of upper Nehalem,
measuring 405 feet in height, will
here find its equal in a cedar tree
which is, by actual measurement, 32
feet in diameter. This "garden
plant" points its branches heaven
ward from near the summit of Dog-
thief mountain, and can be seen by
any one who will take the trouble to
visit it
Thousands of dollars annuallv find
their way out to Portland, via St
Helens and ForesKJrove. The busi
ness men of Astoria should be alive
to the fact that by lending us a help
ing hand for the construction of a
road into Nehalem from Gray's land
ing,, they would secure all our trade;
and those in favor of dividing the
district, thus making the building of
two roads necessary, we would re
mind of the old motto "United we
stand, single we fall."
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, of Mishawaka,
gave a social at their home on the
16th inst A large number of their
friends were present, and the fact
that such gatherings take place only
at long intervals in such remote
communities, adds charms to the oc
casion of which yon society folks
cannot conceive.
All persons seeking for homes are
always welcome in our midst and we
can assure such that there are plenty
j of good vacant claims to be had yet
But we must admit that the uacnelor
fraternity is more than ably repre
sented, especially as to number, and
for the good of those, we'll quote a
few lines from Bobbie Burns:
To make a happy fireside clime
n ff " ?" ?' , anWima
That's the true pathos and sublime
W I1ULUUII 1IIC.
Uko.
The Chocolate Girl.
Possibly most of the people who are
familiar with tho picture of the choc
olate girl, used for so long as an ad
vertisement think it a creation of
some artist's fancy. On the contrary,
it is a portrait the portrait of a very
pretty Viennese woman, and has a
romantic story attached to it. It
seems that some years ago a young
German student of noble birth fell in
love with the pretty
"vho served him with
chocolate girl
this delicious
boverago in a Vienna cafe. She was
a respectable girl and ne an honorable
gentleman; and he married her. Ho
felt proud of her humble origin, and
ia er portrait painted by a famous
German artist in the picturesque cos-
tume sho wore whea e firat et her
aml thia portrait is now among the
nBi i,tQ n tOB... r , .
! erument
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A Great Discovery
Tlial Is dailv bringing joy to the
, ll(mies ot thousands by saving many of
'their dear onas from an earlv grave.
Truly is Dr. King's New Discovery for
J Consumption, Coughs. Colds, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Loss of Voice,
Tickling in the Throat, Pain in bide
aml chestf or any disease nf the Throat
aim IjUiiks, a positive cure, rnai isot-
ties free at V. E. Dement & C
store- Large size $1.00.
: Coe.'s Drug
A Luxury ami Xcelty
Fur rich and poor who wish to enjoy
good health, and who do not wish to re
sort to bitter nauseous liver medicines
and cathartics, is the concentrated liquid
fruit remedy byrup of Figs. Sue. and Si
bottles for sale by W. E. Dement & Co.
An you made miserable by Indiges-
Hoil. Constipation. DiZZlIlCSS, LOSS of
,,;,,. V1lr., Ul-in') Ul.l,
luueuie, leuow okiii . onions v uai-
izt?r is a vositive cure.
For sale by V.
1 E. Dement & Co,
To Housekeepers.
Attention is called to our advertis-
. ' i-uiuiuii unuiK .i jmr
rial 1M of the goods to be found in our
fctoclc. YV aim to cany the best assort
ment to be found in Astoria, and cash or
fthort time buyers will find it to their ad
vantage to make their purchases from
us. Goods delivered free of charge to
:ny r-nrt of the city.
D. L. Bkck & Soxs.
For a Jeat Fittins Boot
r)r shoe, eo to P. J. Goodmans, on Che-
Jianius street, next door to I. W. Case.
AM goods of Ihe best make and guaran
teed quality. A full stock; new goods
timiNiniitly arriving. Custom work.
All the patent medicines advertised
I :i 'ins lajirj, luuriner wilu wis ciiuiceat
f riSSMlJe mwes?SS 2j W
&,Xdm"
i(rts. Astoria.
For Rent,
At a reasonable rate; the fine new
building opposite Kirchhoffs bakery.
Apply at this office.
-llacKiuetaek," a lasting and tra
gi ant perfume. Price!!? and so cents.
Si.hlhy W.E. Dement.
53rn oflTlgg.
Manufactured ouly by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal. is
Xatures Own True Laxative. Thus
pleasant liquid fruit remedy may be
had of W. E. Dement & Co, at fifty cents
or one dollar per bottle. It is the most
pleasant, prompt and effective remedy
known, to cleanse the system; to act on,
the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels gently
yet thoroughly to dispel Headachs,
Colds and Fevers; to cure Constipation,
Indigestion and kindred ills.
Keady For Business.
For a good steak, a delicious cup of
coffee or a plate of fine oysters goto
Frank Fabre's Coffee, Oyster and
Chop House; opposite M.C.Crosby's.
A Nasal Injector tree with each
bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy
Price 50 cents. Sold by W. E. Dement.
Will you suffer with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is
guaranteed to cure you. Sold by W. E.
Dement & Co.
Shiloh's Cough ana Consumption
Cure in sold by us on guarantee. It
cures consumption. Sold by W.E. De
ment. The Rev. Geo. II. Thayer, of Bour
bon, lud., says: ''Both myself and wife
oweoiir lives toSmrxm's Coxsumption
Citre." Sold by W. E. Dement.
Why will you cougn when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief. Price
lOctsCOctsandSl. Sold by W.E. Dement.
THE 3IAN WHO WAS KICKED.
I first sawDavis at H Academy, when,
at the beginning of tho spring term of
18C0, he sidled into the farther end of a
seat to lean against the wall. Ho was
then abont twenty-seven years of age.
A tall, gannt, awkward man, clad in a
faded, ill-fitting suit of homespun, and
walking with an undecided, hesitating
gait, with his head thrown forward; and
one uncertain band helplessly rubbing a
receding chin, was tho fignro presentedL as
he went out of tho hall at the close of
prayers. Infirmity of purpose was writ
ten all over him. "He had an air of being
old without ever having been young.
Hi3 face was long, with largo features,
high cheek-bones, along nose, prominent
month, and a receding chin, from which
a straggling whisker protruded a certain
way, as though m doubt whether to grow
loncer or disappear altogether. It was a
very weak face, with an infirm quiver of
tne nardiy closed lower up, ana vacillat
ing, nait-nmia eyes or very paie nine.
Its weakness and decision might have
been comical had not an expression of
earnestness and seriousness made it pa
thetic
From the time when Davis first sidled
into the seat and leaned against the wall
for support, he continued leaning, only
exchanging the wall for hi3 classmates,
or indeed any one who would carry his
weight. No sooner did his support give
way in one .direction than he transferred
himself to another, and leaned all the
harder. During the years of his acade
mical life his manners retained their
primitive rusticity, despite tho constant
irritation to which they were subjected
by bis fellowa. His taste in dress took
no turn for the better; his bearing and
gait changed not an iota; and when he
set out on foot for the hill region whence
ho came, he seemed exactly the same old
young man that had sidled in upon us
tnree years oeiore.
A short time afterward I learned that
be was teaching the school in his native
village. It turned out, however, that he
carried his habit of leaning with him
even there. He asked the advice of his
pupils as to what he should do so fre
quently that they took advantage of bis
weakness to do pretty much as they
pleased. They barred the master oat,
refused to attend recitations, savo at
their own pleasure, and otherwiso en
joyed themselves to such an extent that
tho trustees telt compelled to demand ms
resignation on the ground of laok of
government. After that he went into
th6 country and taught a district school,
boarding round among his pupils. It
was while thus engaged tuat be became
temporarily resident in the familv of a
small farmer, possessed of a grasping,
questionable character, and several
daughters tor some timo in tho matrimo
nial market. These latter were thin,
sharp-faced managing maids, who par
took of the unattractive characteristics
of their sire. The most unattractive,
girhnps, of them all set her eyes upon
avis, in lack of better material, and
actually became his wife before that hesi
tating person hud decided what to do in
the matter. After this he drifted oat of
my knowledge.
In the summer of 1871 I was one of a
semi-official prospacting party in western
Dakota. We intended to penetrate the
Indian country as far as the Souri river,
near tho British line, returning by way of
the Black Hills, if circumstances permit
ted. The dozen men constituting the
party wero all heavily armed, and we had
by way of impediment, three mule wag
ons. The day we started from the small
town which for tho fortnight previous
had been oar headquarters, a tall, round
shouldered man sauntered into tho camp,
and leaning against a wagon wheel,
looked kindly bat inquiringly about.
He wore a long coat of alpaca, of ecclesi
astical cut, and wide-awake hat, fustian
trousers,audlow gaiters tied with a string.
After being made the bntt of consider
able ridicule, he expressed, in a hesitat
ing way, his desire to go to the Black
Hills. And when I returned to camp, to
ward evening, I found the stranger added
to tho party aa the guide, philosopher
and friend of "one of tho mule teams! A
glance at the awkward figure was enough.
It was Davis. How he came thero was
told in a single one of hi3 hesitating sen
tences: ''You see, Mrs. Davis left me and took
up with a neighbor of ours. I supposo I
was too slow for her. But I thought it
might make her uncomfortable to have
me living so close by, so l came we3t."
i arther conversation revealed tbe fact
that he had tramped most of the way,
and that all his earthly possessions were
wrapped in the Hamiug handkerchief
which ho brought into camp later in the
eveninc.
It was apparent from the first that the
characteristics that had made Davis a
conspicuous figure in academical days
had not forsaken him as he had grown
older. He began leaning the moment he
came into camp. Alter tutue attempts
upon mysalf, ho transferred his weight
to a man from Kentucky a demonstrat
ive, devil-may-care fellow, who was his
opposite in every respect. Tho firat day's
drive, too, revealed the fact that, what
ever may have been his capabilities as a
district school teacher, they did not assist
him in the driving of males. More than
once he involved ths leaders in a hope
less tangle with the wheel animals, and
his complications with the harness were
a pathetic mixture of helplessness and
ignorance. As to his helplessness, it was
unique and complete in its way. Ho
seemed utterly incapable of doing any
thing without advice and assistance.
It, is, perhaps, needless to say that
these characteristics, however original
and amusing in themselves, were not such
as to elevate their possessor in the esteem
of the party. In less than a week from
tbe day ot departure tne man irom Ken
tucky had warned Davis not to come
near him again at tho risk of being
crippled for life. At tho end of a fort
night, I grieve to say, he had been kicked
by an irascible member of tho party, and
tho propriety of deserting him on the
plains had been seriously discussed.
Hardly a man spoke to him, and he
seemed a very pariah in the camp.
After wa had been three weeks out there
were not wanting signs of the proximity
of hostile Sioux. Signal smokes wero
seen in the evening, and small cloads of
dcat low down upon tne bonzon indica
ted tho presence of scouting bands. In
tho mid-afternoon of a sunny Sunday, as
we wero slowly ascending a low ridgo in
the prairie, the advance soDut camo gal
loping in with n ball through his arm,
and a moment later a yelling band of
Sioux began to circle about tho train.
Most of the men knew their danger, and
how to meet it. Tho Sionx were in largo
force, and their bullets began dropping
in almost immediately. In throe min
utes after the ball opened several of the
animals bad been killed, and jonnson,
our leader, lay under a wagon with a
ballet through his head.
Aa I said, all the party wero heavily
armed. Bat I should have excepted
Davis, who not only was unarmed, but
from his general character was deemed
auite capable of mrovelins in tbe dust at
such a time. In the hurry of the mom
ent he had boen lost sight of. and now.
when ho slipped forward to possess him
self of the dead man's gun, the man from
Kentucky told him with an oath to drop
it, or give it to some man who would use
it. Davis did not drop it, however, but
took his station at the rear end of one of
the wagons. In a moment more the
spirally decreasing circle of savages broke
suddenly, and swept in a wild charge to
ward tho train. And as we turned to
ward tho point of attack to see two of
the advancing warriors drop to tho quick
report of Davis's rifle, I think surprise
and astonishment would have rendered
us incapable of resistance had not tho
Indians swerved from their coarse and
began circling again, as they did.
But the man who had turned tho at
tack never stirred from his post. His
slouching aspect seemed somehow to bo
shaken off as ho stood thero erect and
firm aa a rock. His infirm under lip
closed up like a steel trap into a hard,
straight line; hia pale bluo eyes wore a
cool, decided look. The man from Ken
tucky looked at him a moment, and went
back to his post with a muttered, "Well,
I'll be blanked!" Tho guide, tying his
wounded arm in a sling, said ho would
give it up. The whole party breathed
freer.
Bat the whistling of ballets and the
yells of the Sioux continued. In a short
time the canvas tops of the wagons
looked like gigantic sieves. Tho circles
of the savages widened only to contract
again. Whenever a reckless brave ap
proached within fair range, the sharp
crack of tho Winchester frona the rear of
the wagon sent a ball into his painted
body. There was no random firing from
that rifle; every shot brought his man.
The repeated charges of the Sioux grew
less frequent from tbe fact of the loss of
two or three of their number under the
deadly aim of those pale blue eyes. It
was after tho fifth or sixth charge of this
kind that the man from Kentucky ex
pressed tho unanimous sentiment of tho
party when he said:
"Hadn't yer better get further under
cover. Davis? It's party open thar."
But Davis shook his head without chang
ing position.
The evening wore slowly away. The
minutes went by to an accompaniment
of shot and yell. Some of the animals
were lying dead besido tho wagons. The
spokes of the wheels and the beds of the
vehicles were riddled and splintered with
bullets. Charge after charge had been
repulsed. Three men were lying badly
wounded inside the triangle. The vic
tims of tho deadly Winchester formed a
straggling line almost from its muzzle to
the circle of discomfited but not defeat
ed Sioux beyond. Its owner had hardly
spoken a word in all that time, but had
stood thero like a statue of Fate. Night
camo on, and a low moon wrapped the
landscape in dusky crayons. Tho sav
ages retained their circular guard, pre
pared to renew the attack on the morrow.
Shadowy forms crept warily through the
tall grass and dragged away the dead.
The wounded began to plead piteously for
water, and there was none to give.
It was at a call of this kind from the
man who had kicked him from his place
that Davis left his post to como forward
and asked if no water was to bo had.
Ho was told there was none; that the
nearest water was a email pond at the
foot of the ridge, just within the sur
rounding circle of the Sioux. Taking a
backet from the wagon, Davis said,
quietly: "Pll get some." Not a man of
the party spoke. Everybody realized
that something heroic was about to be
done. Good God! To go to the pond
wa3 to go to almost certain death. And
yet no one bade him stay. I think every
one was impressed with the fact that it
would bo useless.
We crept back to our posts in silence.
Even the wounded ceased moaning. Wo
watched tho tall figure striding straight
through the shadows till it was lost in
the gloom. Then came an interval of
silence awful, appalling broken at last
by a shot and a wild chorus of yells. In
a moment all the demons of tho prairie
seemed let loose. Shot followed shot;
tho howls had something exultant in
them.
Through tho gloom there came a shad
ow a tall figure running with a bucket
in its hand. Following close behind, a
myriad of dusky forms, with gloaming
knives and clubbed guns. Then our
work began. A continuous sheet of fire
behhed from tho wagons turned, the
howling Sioux back on their trail. In a
moment more Davis staggered into the
triangle with a bucket half filled with
water in his hand. The man from Ken
tucky left his post to grasp his band in a
grip that would have crushed weaker
bones.
"Mr. Davis," he said, "ver a man as
this party is proud of." The bronzed
men, crouching behind the wagons,
turned in their places to smile assent.
But the hero who had run that gauntlet
of fire simply placed tho bucket beside
the man who had kicked him, and quietly
went back to his post.
The Sioux, exasperated by their defeat,
kept up a desultory fire through the long
grass. Just before dawn they charged
again. Bat the Winchester alone killed
three braves before the wagons were
reached, and it was converted into a club
wielded by a giant. When th6 morning
came the Sioux were found watching our
movements from a safe distance over the
prairie. Evidently tho fight was costing
them too dear.
It was determined by the party, in
view of the probability of the Sioux be
ing reinforced during the day, to beat a
retreat. The man from Kentucky har
nessed Mr. Davis's mules with his own
hand. But when he came to hand the
reins to their powder-grimed owner, it
was found that he was in no condition to
receive them. He had been wounded in
half a dozen places, and the slow hemorr
hage had robbed him of bis strength.
We lifted him tenderly into the wagon,
and began our march. The Sioux circled
about us, but kept well out of range. By
midday they had disappeared. It was at
about thia time that tlie man from Ken
tucky, who had been intently watching
his patient for some time, brought his
wagon to a sudden halt. Gathering about
him, we found Davis with his eyes turned
to tho sky and a grayish hue stealing
over his face. A minute after he reached
his hand out to grasp the Kentuckian's
and so journeyed into the infinite soli
tude. We rode on in silence. "When the
shadows of tho evening came, we dug a
rude gravo in the prairie, and buried
Davis out of sicht. The man from Ken
tucky framed his epitaph when he said:
"lie diun t seem much account at nrat.
but he loomed up powerful toward the
last."
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